Bomb squad called to Northville Township home

A Michigan State Police bomb squad responded Sunday to a Northville Township neighborhood where several homemade explosive devices were found.

One of the bottle bombs, found in a yard on Jupiter Hills Drive, was neutralized by the bomb squad while another turned out to be a dud and three others appeared to have exploded, said Todd Mutchler, the township's public safety director. All five devices were on the same property.

There were no injuries.

There were also several other bottle bombs, already exploded, found later in the same neighborhood, Mutchler said. The neighborhood is north of Five Mile and east of Sheldon Road.

The bombs appear to be the result of "malicious mischief," Mutchler said, and police are continuing an investigation.

Mutchler urged that anyone who finds a suspicious-looking capped bottle, that may looks like it has been tampered with, to not touch it and to call 911.

"These types of things are very serious safety concerns," he said. "They could cause serious damage and injury."

Police had been called to the Jupiter Hills Drive home when a man returning from church Sunday morning noticed a suspicious plastic bottle in his yard, Mutchler said. Four other bottle bombs were found in the same yard, he said.

Later Sunday, Mutchler said, police found the remnants of exploded bombs at other properties in the neighborhood, and took three or four reports of people having heard loud noises there the night before.

Mutchler said anyone with information about the incidents, or the person or persons responsible for them, should call the public safety department at 248-349-9400.